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...Speaking Arabic, Hebrew and English with equal facility, he has a powerful effect on both doe-eyed young Palestinian Jibril (Sayyid El Alami, heartbreaking) and adamantine Israeli cop Avrim (Tomer Sisley...
...In “Concerning the Book Artistic Imagery in the Qur’an,” Mahfouz writes an open letter to Sayyid Qutb, critiquing Qutb’s 1945 work of literary appreciation “of our beloved Qur’an”....
...“Once the NSF found a serious initiative for dialogue, it joined as it is the only way to realise the higher interest of the country,” Wafd leader Sayyid Baddawi said at a press conference....
...Though the Brotherhood once had a military wing (one of its later ideologues, Sayyid Qutb, inspired jihadi ideology), it evolved into a movement that rejects violence and argues – some say unconvincingly...
...Apart from a couple of Nobel winners, the Egyptian feminist Nawal El Saadawi and writer Sayyid Qutb, the region’s writing – and therefore the human dimension – is absent from our calculations....
...“There are several debates inside the Brotherhood which will [now] become louder,” says Amr El Shobaki, a political analyst....
...“We are facing a new situation, a wave of change, that is sweeping the whole region,” Mr El-Erian told the Financial Times....
...Reem Kelani responded to shouted requests for Sayyid Darwish covers from El Tanbura, a Port Said ensemble ensconced in the front row....
...I note the sarcastic comments by Zaharawi in his video 4/7 about fax machines in jails, and web-comments by El Khalil el Hakayma....
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